Our new choir teacher at work has a side gig rewriting musicals so they are appropriate for teen and children casts. His newest is "Sweeney Todd." I watched it last night for 🎃 and, after the scene with the meat grinder, made a list of musicals that would be very challenging to recreate for kids and why.

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Avenue Q

Puppet fucking

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Cabaret

Nipple tassels, Holocaust

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The Life

Song-and-dance numbers about prostitution

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The Book of Mormon

I actually feel like if they did this right it would be awesome.

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Fun Home

Must we?

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The Who's Tommy

Molestation, the Acid Queen, etc etc

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Grease

I just don't feel like any of us should have to watch Grease again, including children and teens